Towel-cabinet



J. ROUSSO.

TOWEL CABINET,

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, I918.

1,338,097, Patented Apr. 27, 1920.

JACQUES ROUSSO, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

TOWEL-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr, 27., 1920,

Application filed July 29, 1918. SeriaI No. 247,230

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACQUES Rousso, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, and Stateof Galifornia,-have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTowel-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in towel cabinets, and has for itsobject the provision of an improved construction of this characterarranged to prevent the surreptitious or unauthorized removal of towels,while permitting of free use thereof.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of partshereinaf ter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section of a cabinet embodying theinvention, and

Fig. 2, a front face view thereof.

The preferred form of construction, as illustrated in the drawings,comprises a suitable cabinet 5 adapted to be hung upon the wall, andprovided with an outwardly swinging door 6. The cabinet is provided witha bottom 7 consisting of an upwardly and outwardly inclined shelf, andis divided by an upper shelf 8 into an upper clean towel compartment 9and a lower soiled towel compartment 10. A towel retaining rod 11 isarranged substantially horizontally in the upper portion of thecompartment 9, being detachably secured at its inner end to the rearwall thereof. The towels 14; are provided with the usual gromets 15,adapted to be strung upon the rod 11 and slide or travel along the chain12 during use. The towels are folded with their lower edges foldedupwardy and outwardly, as indicated, and are strung or threaded upon therod 11 depending therefrom with their lower edges resting upon andsupported by shelf 8, thus relieving the rod 11 of substantially all theweight or strain from the towels and permitting of the use of a largenumber of towels without unduly straining the rod 11 and its attachmentwith the cabinet. In order to retain the clean towels in position on rod11 and shelf 8, binding chains 16 are arranged as indicated, toyieldingly embrace the bundle of towels suspended on rod 11. Thesechains are secured at their upper inner ends to the upper rear wall ofcompartment 9 on opposite sides of rod 11, and are extended outwardlyaround the edges of the bundle of towels, then inwardly over guidepulleys 17 and downwardly through slots 18 in the bottom 7 of thecabinet, weights 19'being secured to the lower ends of said chains.Slots 20 are providedin shelf 8 to permitof the free inward and outwardmovements of chains 16. By this arrangement, the bundle of towelswill-be nicely held in compact form on rod 11 and shelf 8, but may bereadily withdrawn from behind said chains, said chains automaticallyfollowing up the bun dle as it decreases in size, due to the tensionexerted by weights 19. In this way, the

bundle of towels is always maintained in compact and orderly form,notwithstanding careless .or rough usage.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred forms ofconstruction for carrying my invention into effect, these are capable ofvariation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise detailsof construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variationsand modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is 1. A towel cabinet comprising a support; an uppersupporting shelf secured to said support substantially midway of theheight thereof; a lower supporting shelf arranged below said upper shelfand inclined upwardly and outwardly from said support; a horizontallydisposed rod having its inner end detachably secured to said supportabove said upper shelf; a flexible chain seceured at one end to theouter end of said rod and detachably secured at its other end to saidsupport just above said lower shelf; binding chains secured to saidsupport above and on opposite sides of said rod and adapted to embracetowels suspended thereon, said chains being passed around said towelsand thence rearwardly of said support and depending therefrom, saidupper shelf being slotted to permit rearward and forward movements ofsaid binding chains and said lower supporting shelf being slotted topermit of the free passage of said chains; guide pulleys located on saidsupport and adapted to guide said binding chains; and weights on thelower ends 01 said binding chains, substantially as described.

2. A towel cabinet comprising a support; a horizontally rod having itsinner end detachably secured to said support; a flexible guide elementsecured to the outer end of said rod and depending therefrom; a towelsupport positioned under said rod a distance less than the length of atowel and adapted to support the lower edges of upwardly folded towelsdepending therefrom; bind ing chains secured tosaid support above and onopposite sides of said rod, and adapted to embrace upwardly foldedtowels suspended thereon, said chains being passed around said towelsand thence rearwardly and downwardly; guide pulleys located on saidsupport and adapted to guide said binding chains; and weights on thelower ends of said binding chains, substantially as described.

3. A towel cabinet comprising a support; a horizontally disposed rodhaving its inner end detachably secured to said support; a guide elementsecured to the outer end of said rod; and yieldable binding elementsconnected with said support above and on opposite sides of said rod,arranged and adapted to be extended thence outwardly over the top of abundle of towels suspended on said rod, thence downwardly over the outerside of said bundle and thence inwardly to said support, substantiallyas described.

4. towel cabinet comprising a support;

a horizontally disposed rod having its inner ing element; and weights onthe lower ends I of said binding elements substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I havesigned my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JACQUES ROUSSO.

Witnesses:

JOSHUA R. H. PorTs, HELEN F. LILLIS.

